Italian Sausage Soup with Cheese Tortellini

Fri, 14 Jan 2011 by Christy Denney

This Italian Sausage Soup with Cheese Tortellini is a warm and cozy soup for those cold winter months.

Feast or Famine. Half the year my husband is really busy with work and gone a lot and the other half he has a lot more leisure time to spend with us. Thank goodness because I was pretty fried there for a while. It takes about a week for us all to adjust to him being home more. It’s not that I don’t love my husband but I have my own schedule of things that I do everyday and it’s just a matter of saying, “Hey, are you coming with me to the gym? Whatcha doing today?” He’s been helping me a ton with the kids and we have been working out together which is why I can barely move today. But the one thing about having him home more is that I am cooking a LOT more than normal. Is that even possible?

Here’s a super hearty soup filled with sausage, cheese filled tortellini, and a ton of veggies. I know you probably all think I’m obsessed with sausage but my husband just happens to love it. I would be interested to see what it would taste like with chicken. The nutritional info says that it’s 323 calories per serving (8 servings in the recipe) but I’m not sure if I’m buying it. It’s just too good and too filling.

Short on time? I often use the prechopped veggies in the produce section when I know I don’t have time to dice and chop all my veggies. For this soup I used prediced carrots and onion.

Skim fat from the soup. Stir in beans and parsley. Simmer covered for 30 minutes. Add tortellini during the last 10 minutes. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese on top of each serving. Serve with warm garlic bread.

*Just be aware that if you save this soup for leftovers the pasta tends to drink up the broth so the result is a really thick soup if you eat it the next day.

School starts up again next for me, on top of me running my childcare. The nights that I go to school I like to make soup or a one pot meal for dinner.This looks both delicious and perfect .I already have all the ingredients on hand.

We just finished eating this! Delightful! Thank you so much for posting. I bought the dried tortellini not even thinking about fresh, and they were good. And the best part was, that even my four very picky boys even ate it, and a lot at that.Thank you! And keep them coming, you are my go to girl for recipes.

I made this tonight and shared it with 3 other couples (who all said they love it). It was amazing!! Half way through preparing it, after dumping in tons of random ingredients, I decided it was going to be disgusting and almost dumped it, but I persisted and it was delicious! The only reason I continued making it is because I knew who the recipe was coming from. The Girl Who Ate Everything NEVER lets me down!!

I found the same recipe on yankeemagazine.com years ago and have been making it since. Love the stuff!!! Better the day after if there’s any left haha! A great hearty soup for those cold winter days. Only thing I did different was add spinach

When I plugged everything into myfitnesspal to calculate calories, it’s giving a serving to be 370 calories (8 servings). Still not bad but not quite as low as I expected. Can’t wait to try this tonight!

I will definitely say this is Italian Wedding Soup with a twist certainly is a TWIST!. There is nothing here that even resembles the original soup. Call it an Anniversary soup for godsake.. Or Welcome home. Should not deceive people!!!

Made this tonight and it was one of the best soups I have ever had. I used green beans because that is what I had. I used low sodium beef base with water instead of beef broth and put a little extra water and base in instead of wine because I had none. I also used frozen tortellini that I put in frozen and let it cook with everything. Served it with parmesan cheese and some rustic bread. It was delicious. I get so tired of the same old thing. This was a nice change in the cold winter months. My husband who likes the basics even raved about it. Will be making this again. Thank you so much for sharing your recipe.

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I'm Christy, The Girl Who Ate Everything. I love food that brings family and friends together in the kitchen. I can't be left alone with a warm cinnamon roll or chocolate chip cookie. Read more here...